Washington Street Historical Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463951577
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 8312064450
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $162,710
- Expenses
- $29,365
- Assets
- $194,481
- Liabilities
- $22,674
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- LINDA K JACOBS (CHAIR)
- JENNIFER ZAROU-ABRAHAM (TREASURER)
- PAULA HAJAR (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Washington Street Historial Society aims to retore the forgotten history of the earliest Arabic-Speaking community in the United States back into the great american story. Our Mission is to foster education and awareness about the early Arab immigrant settlement.
What it reported doing in 2024
Washington Street Historical Society have signed the contract for fabrication and installation of a permanent public artwork in Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza in Lower Manhattan to celebrate the writers and poets of the earliest Arabic-Speaking community in the USThe design has already been approved by the City of New York, and the artwork will be unveiled at the end of 2025. WSHS, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the UN, also hosted a reception to introduce the artwork to the public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 85
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 82%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.62; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -94.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 34.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 39.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.